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Empowerment from the Above – Responses and Impacts of Social Security Schemes in UP 49consumerable contingencies. In this case, lessattention is given to sustainability of humandevelopment of marginalised sectionsbecause considerable efforts and resources ofthe government go into casual assistance.Therefore, Indian policies, right afterIndependence, could develop policies of ‘helpon the spot’. Public Distribution System can bean appropriate example which provides gainsand other daily needed things to the poor.Table 1 gives an account of few majorhuman development schemes andprogrammes which are being implementedby both Central and state governments. Nowwe should look at each of the components ofhuman development that aim to empowermarginalised and poor sections of the society.The main point of this analysis is to seewhether the nature of the benefit issustainable or not, and how far existingpolicies respond to existing problems. Theargument behind this enquiry is that if benefitswhich are being provided through differentschemes mentioned in Table 1 do not providesustainability to the beneficiary, then afterconsuming benefits beneficiary will be atsame position as he/she was before gettingthe benefit. The benefits should enable themto match themselves with those who haveability to grab major economic benefitsthrough streamline businesses and publicservices.In education sector, India does not enjoyhigher literacy rates (64 per cent). In UP,literacy rate is 56.3 per cent. Female literacyrate of UP is 42.2 per cent which is lower thanall India average of female literacy (53.7 percent). About 36 per cent of rural males and 70per cent of rural females in UP are illiterate.Only 15 per cent of rural persons and 37 percent of urban persons are reported to havereceived education up to secondary level orabove and only about 14 per cent of the urbanpeople and 2.8 per cent of the rural peoplehad received education up to graduate levelor above. Aggregate dropout rate in class I-Xin UP for 2005-06 is 42.26 per cent. Dropoutrate of boys and girls are 39.5 and 47.36 percent, respectively. In this respect, UP is inbetter position than average of all India whichclaims 60.41 per cent for boys and 63.44 percent for girls. Dropout rate in lower socialgroups in UP is very high. For SC community, itis 72.56 per cent which is more than the allIndia average 70.57 per cent.Let us see how existing schemes andprogrammes respond to the educational needsof marginalised groups of the country ingeneral and UP in particular. To address theissues of low enrolment and higher dropoutrate, two main major schemes- Mid Day Meal(MDM) and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalay(KGBV) - are being implemented. MDMprovides nutritious day meal to school childrenof primary and upper primary level duringschool hours. The main objective of MDM is toattract children from poor sections of societyto enroll and keep them coming to schools.Since poor families prefer their children to beengaged in labour activities rather thansending them to school; this scheme alsotends to prevent the practice of child labour.Similarly, KGBV provides elementary educationwith boarding facilities to girls from poorfamilies. The objective of KGBV is to check thedropout among girls. This scheme is beingimplemented in pre-identified backwardblocks. There is another scheme which wasstarted by the UP Government i.e. SavitribaiPhule Balika Shiksha Madad Yojana (SBSMY)which targets to attract girls at the secondarylevel by providing a bicycle and ` 25,000 intwo instalments in two years. Scholarship is anold scheme which offers an amount offinancial help to students of pre- and postmetricclasses to carry on their studies.Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 32, No. 1, January - March : 2013JRD 2 (1)
50 Shyam SinghTable 1: Major Social Security Programmes for the Marginalised Groups in UPSector Scheme Benefits BeneficiariesEducation Mid Day Meal Day food for Students of primary and upper(MDM) school children primary classesKasturba Gandhi Boarding facilities 75 per cent girls from SC, ST,Balika Vidyalay at elementary level OBC and minorities and 25 per(KGBV) for the girls cent from poor families ofbackward rural areasSavitribai Phule A bicycle and Girl students from 11 th andBalika Shiksha ` 25,000 in two 12 th ClassMadad Yojana instalments(SBSMY)Scholarships Vary from ` 25 to Pre- and post-metric students` 740 depending from all sections of societyupon the class andsocial affiliationHealth Janani Suraksha Maternal benefits: Pregnant women fromYojana (JSY) medical help and BPL familiescare during deliveryand ` 1400 for ruralareas and ` 1000 forurban areasSchool Health Medical check-up Students of primary and upperProgramme and medicine primary schoolsNational Health Hospitalisation Poor familiesInsurance Scheme coverage up to` 30,000Employment Mahatma Gandhi 100 days Poor familiesNational Rural employmentEmployment for a person in aGuarantee Scheme householdEducational schemes and programmesrespond to few important problems, but at thesame time ignore other vital problems. Thequality of education at the primary andsecondary levels is one of the important issues.Annual Survey of Education Report (ASER)2009 1 shows that only 24.2 per cent studentsfrom 1 st to 8 th std. of government schools canread capital letters of English. Similarly, theSurvey shows that only 18.7 and 17.6 per centstudents from 1 st to 8 th std. of governmentschools can subtract and divide, while 14.1 percent students cannot do Arithmetic. The badquality education has been a prominent reasonJournal of Rural Development, Vol. 32, No. 1, January - March : 2013JRD 2 (1)
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